Multimodal Transportation Projects

The City of Durango works in coordination with partners to implement multimodal transportation projects. Projects are generally chosen and prioritized based on feedback from the community; health, safety and welfare concerns; funding availability; and the ability to leverage opportunities.

Status: Preliminary design is complete! Design and implementation for this project are anticipated in 2018.

Total Project Cost: $78,750

Project Grant Funding: Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Grant $63,000

Local Match Total (Transportation Services Fund): $15,750

The City intends to install and upgrade school area flasher speed limit and school zone signage to create a safe walking and biking to school environment for students at Park, Needham and Riverview Elementary Schools. The signage will be in accordance with current Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices standards, reflecting the safest options for school zone signage.

JUNCTION CONNECT PROJECT PHASE 2

Status: The roadway along W 25th Street from W 3rd Avenue to W 28th Street will be milled and repaved, and then restriped, and a Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon (RRFB) will be installed at W 25th Street and W 2nd Avenue. Phase 1 was completed in 2017.

The Needham Connect projects bring sidewalks into compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City's Land Use Development Code and provide much needed safety and accessibility improvements for students, parents, families, teachers and the neighborhood. Find details about the Needham Connect projects.

MULTIMODAL MAP

Status:Map design (PDF) is under review! Map design and printing anticipated to be completed in 2018.

The Multimodal Division is in the process of designing a comprehensive map that will include routes for multimodal transportation options in Durango, including information on public transit, bicycling, and pedestrian options.

ROOSA CONNECT PROJECT

Status: 95% design is complete! Construction for this project is anticipated in 2022.

Local Match Total (Half Cent Sales and Use Tax Fund): $951,356

The Roosa Connect project is a proposed 10' shared-use path along Roosa Avenue, on the east side of the roadway, between 9th Street (south end) and El Paso Street (north end). Find details about the Roosa Connect project.

Completed Projects

BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN COUNTS

Status: Biannual counts completed September 12-16, 2017.

Thank you to our bike-ped count volunteers! Every other year, the City of Durango performs bicycle and pedestrian counts as part of the National Bicycle and Pedestrian Documentation Project. Thanks to each of our 76 volunteers who helped us at 11 locations around Durango in 2017!

While traditional traffic counts are useful for understanding traffic volumes and identifying traffic issues, they do not accurately reflect mode-share, since bicycle and pedestrian data is not collected. Without accurate and consistent figures, it is difficult to measure the positive benefits of investments in these modes.

Having accurate data helps the City of Durango know how infrastructure is being used and is necessary to secure grant funding for projects such as sidewalk repair, bicycle facilities and transit system improvements.

In the data below, we can see how bicycle and pedestrian traffic has changed overall since 2009. It is interesting to note overall bicycle traffic has increased from 3,241 trips in 2015 to 3,508 trips in 2017.

However, overall pedestrian trips decreased from 4,008 trips in 2015 to 3,708 trips in 2017.

From 2015 to 2017, overall combined bicycle and pedestrian traffic remained stable, with 7,249 overall trips in 2015 and 7,216 overall trips in 2017.

NARROW GAUGE AVENUE ACCESSIBILITY PROJECT

If you regularly walk Narrow Gauge Avenue along the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNGRR) train tracks, these sidewalk improvements are quite noticeable. However, you may not know the Parking Division took the lead on the parking meter relocation and fencing along Narrow Gauge Avenue in order to provide better sidewalk access and to bring the sidewalks into ADA compliance.

The project was a unique collaboration between the Parking Division, the D&SNGRR who donated rail for the fencing, BP America Lower 48 who donated pipe for the fencing and Recla Metals who donated time and delivery of the pipe. Thank you to all!

MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN 2016 UPDATE

Status: The plan was adopted by City Council on Tuesday, March 7, 2017.

Details about the plan process, public input received and the original 2012 plan can be found here.

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) TRANSITION PLAN

Status: The ADA Transition Plan was approved by City Council on August 9, 2016. The ADA Transition Plan and Self Evaluation (PDF) identified roughly $20 million and 1,948 total projects to bring the City's transit system and pedestrian access within a 0.2 mile radius of every bus stop into compliance with the ADA Act. In the ADA Transition Plan, work in three tiers is recommended and the projects are integrated with the Multimodal Transportation Plan's (PDF) proposed improvements.

The City of Durango was awarded an FTA section 5304 Statewide Planning grant. Using these funds, the City hired Recreation Accessibility Consultants to perform an evaluation of Durango's transit routes, bus stops, and the Transit Center to determine if they are accessible to and usable by people with disabilities.

NORTH MAIN CORRIDOR PLANNING

Status: North Main Avenue Corridor Mobility Study was adopted by City Council on January 5, 2016.

The City of Durango's Multimodal and Planning Divisions are working to develop a dynamic framework to guide future improvements along North Main Avenue. During the summer of 2016, City staff held a design charrette for the North Main Avenue Character District Initiative to better understand the community's desires and vision for the North Main Corridor.

Using a technical assistance award from New Mobility West, the City conducted a mobility study along the North Main Corridor in 2015. During this period, the public was invited to participate in the conversation through public meetings with staff, email correspondence and Virtual City Hall.

The North Main Avenue Character District Initiative and the North Main Corridor Mobility Study are the first steps in a deliberate and ambitious approach to coordinate multiple projects with the ultimate goal being an integrated, community-based vision for one of the most prominent districts in of our community. North Main Corridor Mobility Study Executive Summary Handout (PDF)